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United Tech & Allied Workers @utaw.tech · 24/06/2026

BREAKING: Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a global first by becoming the first group of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek union recognition.

Infographic showing the UTAW and CWU logos and the following text:
British-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) have requested recognition for their union from their employer. They are organising with UTAW and have a significant majority union membership at WMF.

Today's step towards unionisation is a global first for Wikimedia workers. It comes after a period of significant change at WMF, escalating workers’ concerns over transparency, trust, and the organisation’s future direction.

"Our union is proud to stand with these principled workers, who are initiating this process in the hope of creating a durable workplace grounded in transparency, accountability and participation across the WMF workforce.
We urge the organisation to meet them in this spirit of good faith and co-operation."

- John Chadfield
National Officer for Tech, CWU

If you work at in tech and want to learn how to organise your workplace for better conditions and a fairer tech sector, join your union, the United Tech and Allied Workers branch of the CWU, sign up to training and get involved at utaw.tech/join